European qualifying tournament on tae kwon do to be held in Kazan in February 2012
20 September 2011, Tuesday
RT Premier Ildar Khalikov has met with President of tae kwon do Federation of Russia Anatoly Terekhov in House of RT Government.
Deputy minister of youth affairs, sport and tourism Khalil Shaikhutdinov, Chief of department for health care, sport and healthy way of life at RT Cabinet Staff Boris Mendelevich attended the meeting.
Parties discussed issues connected with preparation and holding European qualifying tournament on tae kwon do in Kazan in February 2012.
According to Ildar Khalikov, such international competitions will favor further development of tae kwon do in Tatastan Republic.
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According to the data for 2010 3 000 people in Tatarstan devote themselves to tae kwon do. This kind of sport is popular mainly in Naberezhnye Chelny, Kazan, Nizhnekamsk. Regional public organization “Tae kwon do Federation of the Republic of Tatarstan” is functioning in Tatarstan.
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